Values
A silver eagle’s market moves with the metal and with whether the coin is a bullion strike or a collector finish. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart leaves G, VF, and MS-63 blank. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not cover this coin. An empty chart is not a price.
If you have one and want to sell it, start with how to sell a coin collection. The Walking Liberty half is the old silver half whose walking figure this obverse follows. The five-ounce America the Beautiful coins are a different silver bullion program.
Key Dates
No key list was copied onto this page. An empty chart is not a claim that every year is common.
Errors
No bullion year table. The article used here does not print annual bullion cells. Those years stay off rather than being filled from memory.
Proofs and special issues. A proof limit, a reverse-proof set, and a privy-mark issue are not bullion rows.
A short Philadelphia run. A sentence about a temporary strike during a production pause is not a full-year bullion total. It stays off.
Compare the coin to the NGC Coin Explorer silver eagle pages. We do not host their plates. The explorer is not the mintage source for this chart.
Varieties
Bullion pieces do not carry a mint mark. The reverse is the split. Proofs and burnished coins are finishes, not a second bullion type.
- Type 1 reverseJohn Mercanti’s heraldic eagle, from 1986 into 2021. Read the reverse before you call every silver eagle this type.
- Type 2 reverseThe new eagle reverse that arrives in 2021 and continues. It is not the Mercanti eagle.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
Bullion strikes from 1986 onward. Proofs, reverse proofs, and burnished coins stay off.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The Wikipedia American Silver Eagle bullion section does not print a year table. This chart stays empty. Proof limits and special issues stay off.
The chart is empty on purpose. The Wikipedia bullion section does not print a year table. Proof limits stay off. Special issues stay off.
The grade columns are empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this coin.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. No catalog page used here prints one thickness for the bullion strike, and the Walking Liberty half planchet is not this coin.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | Not printed |
| Composition | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | Adolph A. Weinman, obverse; John Mercanti, first reverse |
No catalog page used for the silver eagle prints a thickness. Diameter, weight, and thickness stay Not printed. The Walking Liberty half planchet is not copied onto this coin.
Grading
A silver eagle bullion coin wears on Liberty’s outstretched arm and the leading leg.
The first reverse is Mercanti’s eagle. The 2021 reverse is a different eagle. A W mint mark is not the bullion strike.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| The walk | Liberty’s forward arm and the folds over the leading leg. | Those high points go first. The rays behind her can still look sharp. |
| The reverse | A heraldic eagle with a shield, or the later single eagle. | The reverse changed. This page has no bullion year table yet, so the reverse is how you tell the era. |
| The mint mark | No mint mark, or a W. | Bullion coins do not carry a mint mark. A W is a proof or a burnished coin. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a silver eagle if you already know the type.
- Liberty’s arm and the leading leg are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this silver eagle are already slick.
- Liberty’s arm and the leading leg are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A bullion strike is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- Liberty’s arm and the leading leg are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- Liberty’s arm and the leading leg are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. Liberty’s arm and the leading leg still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on liberty’s arm and the leading leg. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular bullion strike is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean silver eagle for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on liberty’s arm and the leading leg.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
Proof silver eagles exist. This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this silver coin. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
The American Silver Eagle is the one-ounce silver bullion coin that began in 1986. The obverse is Adolph A. Weinman’s walking Liberty. John Mercanti’s heraldic eagle was the first reverse. A new reverse arrived in 2021. Bullion pieces do not carry a mint mark.
No paired public-domain type plate was added. The placeholder is intentional. A proof photograph would be the wrong finish.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
Congress authorized the silver eagle so the Mint could sell silver from the national stockpile as a bullion coin. San Francisco struck the early bullion pieces. Philadelphia and West Point joined later, and West Point became the usual bullion mint. The coins still left the Mint without a mint mark.
The proof program, the burnished uncirculated coins, and the anniversary sets are separate products. Their limits are printed in other sections of the same article. They are not copied onto a bullion chart that has no year table of its own.
A production pause can move a few weeks of striking to another mint. That sentence is not an annual row.
Design
Obverse: Liberty walking into the wind, Adolph A. Weinman’s figure from the Walking Liberty half, with the rays of a rising sun behind her. Reverse: an eagle with a shield, olive branch, and arrows, John Mercanti’s first reverse. The 2021 reverse is a different eagle. Read the reverse before you call every silver eagle the Mercanti type.
The edge is reeded. A W mint mark means the coin is not the bullion strike this page charts.
People Also Ask
Why is the chart empty?
The Wikipedia American Silver Eagle article’s bullion section names the mints and does not print a year-by-year bullion table. Proof limits and special-issue caps are not annual bullion rows.
Are proof silver eagles on this chart?
No. Proofs, reverse proofs, and burnished uncirculated coins stay off. This page is the bullion strike.
Does a bullion silver eagle have a mint mark?
The bullion section says the bullion coins do not have mint marks. A W on a silver eagle is a proof or a burnished coin, not a bullion row.
How much is a silver eagle worth?
This page does not print guide prices. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not include this series. Silver value moves. It is not a grade column.
Collector Considerations
Separate bullion from proof before you talk about a date. A capsule and a W are a collector finish. A plain bullion coin is the one this empty chart is waiting on.
The American Gold Eagle is the gold program with a year table. The America the Beautiful five-ounce coins are larger silver pieces with a site on the reverse, not this walking Liberty.
A Final Word
The silver eagle page is the bullion coin and an empty chart. The missing year table stays missing.
When a cited bullion year table is in hand, the rows can be added. They will not be invented first.